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#444832 - 10/28/05 06:53 PM
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And your point is?
MD, acting ignorant does not become you.
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#444833 - 10/28/05 06:59 PM
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Do you realize people were having homosexual relationships in ancient times? This isn't a new fad.
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#444834 - 10/28/05 07:14 PM
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And your point is?
MD, acting ignorant does not become you.
It was a legitimate question. Personally, I couldn't tell if you were asking a question, begging the question, making a veiled statement, or asking if a sample size of 1 was sufficient for making a generalization. Then there was the distinct possibility that you were just being a jerk. I can't discount that one totally.
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#444835 - 10/28/05 07:24 PM
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Thanks, AML. I honestly didn't know what anon was getting at.
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#444837 - 10/28/05 07:58 PM
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Unless you're clucking at the time.  Signed Another Anon
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#444838 - 10/28/05 09:38 PM
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And your point is?
MD, acting ignorant does not become you.
It was a legitimate question. Personally, I couldn't tell if you were asking a question, begging the question, making a veiled statement, or asking if a sample size of 1 was sufficient for making a generalization. Then there was the distinct possibility that you were just being a jerk. I can't discount that one totally.
You and Michelle Dawn are tiring. Don't you have work to do or is it your job to defend the BOL Watercooler?
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#444839 - 10/28/05 09:41 PM
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Do you realize people were having homosexual relationships in ancient times? This isn't a new fad.
So being around a long time means it is ok? Wow, murder has been around even longer. It's not a fad...
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#444842 - 10/28/05 10:17 PM
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Having to post anon makes it easier to take off the gloves. I apologize if I took them off first.
My points in this thread:
1. I see liberal bias in interpreting the Bible that is at least the equal of the fundamentalist's bias.
2. Cheryle Swoopes saying she is now gay, but has not always been makes me think that the relaxed attitudes toward homosexual relationships will cause some straight people who have a very close relationships with a person of the same sex people to consider making it sexual. I remember reading in a magazine a couple of years ago that women in Hollywood were considered so square if they had not had at least one lesbian relationship or encounter. What gives?
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#444843 - 10/28/05 10:18 PM
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By the way, I am not an anon, I am a person.
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#444844 - 10/28/05 10:28 PM
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makes me think that the relaxed attitudes toward homosexual relationships will cause some straight people who have a very close relationships with a person of the same sex people to consider making it sexual
I have several male friends, not relatives of mine, that I am extremely close too, and I can honestly say that I would kill for. Never never never never never have I thought of having a sexual relationship with any of them.
That gets my vote for most bizarre statement ever made in BOL...
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#444845 - 10/28/05 11:21 PM
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makes me think that the relaxed attitudes toward homosexual relationships will cause some straight people who have a very close relationships with a person of the same sex people to consider making it sexual
I have several male friends, not relatives of mine, that I am extremely close too, and I can honestly say that I would kill for. Never never never never never have I thought of having a sexual relationship with any of them.
That gets my vote for most bizarre statement ever made in BOL...
Gee, happy, does the "some" have to include you?
So, are you saying that Cheryl Swoopes statement is bizarre happy. She said she was not born gay, but then met her soulmate.
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#444846 - 10/29/05 07:45 PM
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My points in this thread:
1. I see liberal bias in interpreting the Bible that is at least the equal of the fundamentalist's bias.
I'm asking this seriously this time, what's your point? Individuals build their faiths on their own, with parts of the Bible or other holy books that speak to them, and held together with their own interpretations. If you want to frame that in liberal vs. conservative terms, you go on with your bad self. But you might consider another way of looking at it: as represented in this thread, the fundamentalist path to salvation lies in condemning others, while the liberal path lies in perfecting the self.
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2. Cheryle Swoopes saying she is now gay, but has not always been makes me think that the relaxed attitudes toward homosexual relationships will cause some straight people who have a very close relationships with a person of the same sex people to consider making it sexual. I remember reading in a magazine a couple of years ago that women in Hollywood were considered so square if they had not had at least one lesbian relationship or encounter.
Well, that *is* a tangled little nest of snakes you've got in there, isn't it? Here are some other options to consider:
1. The supposedly God-ordained, hard-wired, genetic, sanctified attribute of heterosexuality is actually so fragile and tenuous that a pleasant conversation, a compelling article in Redbook or an emotional Oprah episode can reverse it. Hmmmmmm.
2. The genetic and neurological imperative towards homosexuality is so strong that the heterosexual must guard against even thinking about it lest they risk being pulled over to the other side. Hmmmmmmm.
3. The societal presumption of heterosexuality is so strong and pervasive that someone may not *know* if they are gay until they meet their soul-mate and are called re-examine their own assumptions about their life. What if heterosexuals had to 'come out' to friends and family, and construct their sexual identities from the ground up? Hmmmmmm.
4. The mysteries of romance, attraction, sexual identity and sexual orientation may just be too deep for us as mere mortals to put into a neat and tiny box.
5. So what if some people experiment with their sexuality? Sexuality is a gift from God. Think of the parable of the man who gave talents to his servants to see whether they'd bury them in the yard, or cultivate them and make them flourish. Hmmmmmmmmm.
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#444849 - 11/01/05 03:41 AM
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Wow, I'm gone for a week and this changes from a question of whether it is correct to expose a young child to the possibilities of alternative lifestyles to flaming each other over sexual preferences.
Didn't anyone ever tell you guys never to discuss politics, religion or sexuality?
Many cultures did - and do - think that homosexuality is ok. The ancient Greeks, the Japanese, the Hindus are three that come to mind. Even in our own past, homosexuality wasn't always taboo. Read Emily Dickenson or Walt Whitman sometime.
But in this country at this time Michelle Dawn's tagline is wrong - people have way too much concern over things that don't affect them. What two consenting adults do is their own business. If they get turned on by hitting each other with rubber chickens or riding BMX bikes naked or listening to whale songs or whatever, good for them.
Putting a boundary on love is like trying to get rid of dust mites. It's pointless. People are going to do what they want to do, not what someone else says they should or shouldn't do. That's called free will. And that's what the Christian God gave people. Moses didn't come off the mountain with, "Thou shalt not be homosexual." Heck, the Bible even condoned incest at one time. So not everything in the Bible is acceptable for this day and age. Therefore, it stands to reason that the opposite is true.
Now, let's all take a deep breath, shake hands and have a drink at Pirate's Bar, ok?
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#444850 - 11/01/05 02:58 PM
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Many cultures did - and do - think that homosexuality is ok. The ancient Greeks, the Japanese, the Hindus are three that come to mind.
Who cares if many cultures said it was ok.
Many cultures thought slavery was perfectly ok. Perhaps we should go back to condoning it too.
The Taliban thought it was perfectly ok for stone women to death for not completely covering themselves head to toe.
Some cultures think it is ok for a husband to kill his wife because she smiles at another man.
Some cultures today think killing people of another ethnicity to the point of genocide is ok.
WHAT CULTURE THINKS IS RIGHT DOES NOT MAKE IT RIGHT!
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#444852 - 11/01/05 03:12 PM
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Nice try, flaire. I agree with your post; however, the beating of the dead horse shall continue!
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#444853 - 11/01/05 04:15 PM
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Then what makes it right? Is it democracy? Is it the constitution? Is it BF?
I believe in objective rights and wrongs, that things like Murder, Rape, Incest, Homosexuality, Theft, etc. are immoral activities that should not be ingaged in. I find my personal source to understand what these rights and wrongs are in my faith in God and His Word.
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